/// Returns the opposite direction of each direction in a list
/// @author Hugo Giraudel
/// @param {List} $directions - List of initial directions
/// @return {List} - List of opposite directions
@function opposite-direction($directions) {
  $opposite-directions: ();
  $direction-map: (
    'top':    'bottom',
    'right':  'left',
    'bottom': 'top',
    'left':   'right',
    'center': 'center',
    'ltr':    'rtl',
    'rtl':    'ltr'
  );
 
  @each $direction in $directions {
    $direction: to-lower-case($direction);
    
    @if map-has-key($direction-map, $direction) { 
      $opposite-directions: append($opposite-directions, unquote(map-get($direction-map, $direction)));
    } @else {
      @warn "No opposite direction can be found for `#{$direction}`. Direction omitted.";
    }
  }
 
  @return $opposite-directions;
}


/// Triangle helper mixin
/// Credit: https://css-tricks.com/snippets/sass/css-triangle-mixin/ 
/// @param {Direction} $direction - Triangle direction, either `top`, `right`, `bottom` or `left`
/// @param {Color} $color [currentcolor] - Triangle color 
/// @param {Length} $size [1em] - Triangle size
@mixin triangle($direction, $color: currentcolor, $size: 1em) {
  @if not index(top right bottom left, $direction) {
    @error "Direction must be either `top`, `right`, `bottom` or `left`.";
  }

  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  content: '';
  z-index: 2;
  border-#{opposite-direction($direction)}: ($size * 1.5) solid $color;
  
  $perpendicular-borders: $size solid transparent;
  
  @if $direction == top or $direction == bottom {
    border-left:   $perpendicular-borders;
    border-right:  $perpendicular-borders;
  } @else if $direction == right or $direction == left {
    border-bottom: $perpendicular-borders;
    border-top:    $perpendicular-borders;
  }
}
